Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. Breast Cancer is a terrifying and overwhelming thing. The range of emotions from doubt, to fear, anger, and even depression. Disbelief that what you thought was a benign lump, turned into something much more sinister. Anger that you managed to draw the “short straw” by being diagnosed with this life-altering disease, fear of the treatments that lay ahead and what they will do to your body, and hope that you won’t be forced to deal with the severe side effects that Cancer treatment can sometimes cause. The path to being a Breast Cancer survivor is not…

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. Long before Breast Cancer entered my life, I found myself going multiple rounds with a plethora of physical and mental side effects, that I would never have thought were caused by the brain gut connection. Only after countless research that I started to realize that the health of our digestive tract, aka gut, has more of an effect on our physical and mental well-being than originally thought. What Is the Brain Gut Connection: If you are reading this article, there is a good chance that you have experienced some form of feeling mentally “off” at some…

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. Multiple times a year, Isagenix releases different Isagenix Seasonal Shake Flavors. Previous shake flavors have included, Mocha, Cookies n Cream. Raspberry Cheesecake, and Pina Colada, just to name a few. Since these flavors are only available in limited quantities, they cannot be added to an auto-ship order, which means they are available for Wholesale purchase only. Due to this ordering restriction, there is not a direct link to a product page for these flavors. This ordering restriction can make the process incredibly frustrating, mainly if you are looking to sign up as a new Isagenix customer.…

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. If you spend time reading the labels on products before you buy them, there is a good chance you have seen the Carrageenan food additive show up on the list of ingredients for a wide range of foods. Almond milk, ice cream, yogurt, coffee creamers, and even the unlikeliest of places such as your favorite candy bar. Prior to my Breast Cancer diagnosis in the fall of 2016, I had been dealing with a plethora of health issues. Brain fog, digestive issues, joint pains, and migraine auras just to name a few. After much researching, I…

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. As the saying always goes, time always flies when we’re having fun, and I can’t believe it is already time for my FabFitFun Fall Box 2018. You see, we’re still stuck in the middle of a heat wave up here in Connecticut. The calendar may say August, but dear old mother nature seems to have other ideas. Temps in the 80s, near 90, combined with high humidity makes it feel like you’re getting hit in the face with a wet towel every time you step outside. Since my Cancer was estrogen positive, I was put into…

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. As I work my way through my backlog of magazines, having successfully made it to September 2017, I came across the “She’s Like A Rainbow” article in Elle magazine, discussing the ever constant face makeup debate. The article discussed both sides of the makeup debate, exploring the reasoning behind why some choose to go all out with their makeup repertoire, while others choose to let their natural beauty shine through. After reading this article, I am reminded of the time when I dealt with the ever dreadful chemo rash. This rash manifested itself with a few…

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. Why is it that a few simple words can seem to change your life forever? At only 37 years old, a Breast Cancer diagnosis was the last thing on my mind. And something I never thought I would need to spend the rest of my life dealing with. Background: Long before my diagnosis, I had a lump in my right breast for about a year. It appeared in August 2015, during a stressful time in my life. In the spring of 2015, we learned that my dad had Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer. Metastatic means the disease had…

Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links. See my Affiliate Disclosure to learn more. My Breast Cancer journey has not been an easy one. Six rounds of chemotherapy, a double mastectomy, 5 weeks of radiation, finishing out one year with Herceptin, a Her2 targeted medication, and then reconstruction surgery. To say that my body was a little worse for wear would be an understatement. When I finished my Herceptin treatments in September 2017, I was happy to have finally reached the end of all my treatments, so I could finally focus on getting back to normal life. Whatever my new normal would be. My Breast Cancer Type: As if being…

Once every 28 days I have to make a visit to my Oncologist for my “stab in the gut”, as I jokingly refer to it, otherwise known as my monthly Zoladex shot. While this injection is a necessary task needed to keep me in chemically induced menopause, it is next to impossible to find a nurse in the office that actually likes giving this shot. You see, the Zoladex shot is an extended release capsule that is injected near the belly button, hence my references to being stabbed in the gut, because that is pretty much what happens ever 28 days. Being that I am pretty much a needle phobe,…

Since I was very young, I have always been a very private person. Being a kid of the ’80s, I was taught to only speak when spoken to, and striking up a conversation with someone I didn’t know caused much anxiety and prevented me from developing the skills needed for finding my voice. What do I say? What should I talk about? Will they like me? Needless to say, this made making new friends a bit tough. My first day of Freshman year in high school caused many tears, as it seemed like everyone in my class already knew each other, while I found myself alone, without a single friendly…

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